better by the gallon??

[chittychattykathy]

Welcome to the board Spidermom!
All mentioned above box wines are often blended with lower quality Thompson seedless grapes (which are not really a wine grape even) and/or Flame Tokay a cheap wine grape (it grows fast and easily). They are also made from grape pressings beyond the first press, sometimes many more pressings. The quality really goes down hill each time. Not to say all box wines are bad, as when I was in France last spring I could have bought a 5 liter box of really great wine for $350.00. But I've not run across thing like that around here.
It takes a bit of time , but soon you'll know what you want and do not want in the wines that you consume. I would suggest buying a few wine books and a bit of travel on the internet. Also hit a few wine shops in your area.
Read around at this web site, and < http://www.wine-lovers-page.com/index.shtml> has some good info as well.